Railway



(No Model.)

J. B. SUTHERLAND. RAILWAY. No. 332,393. Patented May 8, 1888.

PATENT Prion.

JOHN B. SUTHERLAND, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

RAILWAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 382,393, dated May 8, 1888. I

Application filed July 15, 1887. Serial No. 244,426.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN B. SUTHERLAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at De troit, in the county of \Vayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railways; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention in railways relates especially to the attachment of the rails to metallic ties or cross-girts, the object being to construct a durable track that will not be too expensive, and one in'which the rails will be supported on flexible bearings located between the metal tie and the metal chair, also between said chair and rail, as will be hereinafter set forth. The interposed flexible bearings or supports are to be of wood, paper, or like material, whereby the rigid union of parts is overcome, and the sound of the rolling wheels over the rails is broken or deadened. The flexible bearings prevent the pounding together of the metal parts by the passing of the wheels of a train over the rails, as is now common with railways having metal ties.

The essential features of my invention will be indicated particularly in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the specification, Figure 1 is a perspective of a railway containing my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged section taken on the dotted line at 00 of Fig. 1. Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6 are enlarged details. l

D represents the metal tie, which is T-shaped in cross-section.

W is the web which enters the soil.

f represents recesses formed in the edges of the face of the tie. A series of bolt-holes, a, pass through the face of the tie. The object of the recesses and holes will be hereinafter explained.

C re resents a metal chair havin risers or flanges n along the edges of its upper face, and

(No model.)

depending flanges Z at each end. The chair crosses the tie D, having between it and the tie a thin strip or sheet of tarred or like paper, m,

as shown by black lines in Figs. 2 and 4-. The.

tie.

B is a strip of wood, paper, or like flexible, elastic, or ductile substance, the under face of which is slightly out out, as shown at i in' Fig. 3. Said cut-out portion meets the upper face of the chair. The engaging endportions, 5, prevent the flexible agent B from working end- Wise on said chair.

The flanges n of the chair project slightly above the upper face of the flexible support B, and meet the edges of the base N of the rails It, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, thus forn1- ing a support, preventing the spreading apart of the rails.

The rail, chair, and interposed parts are firmly bound to the rail by means of the hook bolts-O, which pass through the holes 6 of the chair and holes a of the tie, their heads h engaging with the base N of the rails, the parts being firmly held by means of the nuts 12 on the under face of the tie; or the bolts 0 may be inverted and the nuts 12 placed on the upper ends over the base of the rail, and, if desired, asidehill plate, as shown in Fig. 6, may be placed on the base N of the rail, with the nut 02 on the top of said plate.

It will be observed from the foregoing construction that the flexible agent B overcomes the rigid coupling of the rails to the tie, that its yielding allows the proper tightening of the bolts 0, and that the sound of the passing wheels will be largely deadened.

To preserve the bearing B when employing wood or paper, it should be dipped in or coated. with tar or like curative agent.

Having thus fully set forth my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with the metal tie, the metal chair having depending flanges Z and upright flanges n, the bolt-holes in said chair registering with the holes of the tie, the rail, bolts binding said parts together, as and for and the flexible agent located between said rail the purposes set forth. IO and the chair, as and for the purposes specified. In testimony whereof I affix my signature in 2. In combination with the metal tie having presence of two Witnesses. the recesses f and holes a, the metal chair JOHN. B. SUTHERLAND. having the flanges Z at the ends, the side \Vitnesses: flanges, n, the holes e registering with the holes E. F. DEWEY,

of the tie, the rail, the flexible strip 13,-and J. S. DEWEY. 

